How to Cook Bbq Chicken

So, you want to know how to cook Bbq Chicken? This is one of the best summer foods available, but can also be a special treat all year round! The secret to how to cook Bbq chicken is simple...

...Cook over low heat, brush on the sauce after the chicken has cooked, and then serve. If you baste with barbecue sauce while cooking you may burn the sugars in the sauce and generate a black, bitter barbecued chicken.

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That's it! uncomplicated wasn't it?! But, if you want more detail, read on...

How to Cook Bbq Chicken

Great barbecued chicken, with moist, tender succulent meat and sticky smoky skin, is made by cooking over low heat using a grill. You can get a great depth of flavour by using a spicy barbeque rub on the chicken before grilling. Salt and pepper can also be used in the same way. Salt will aid in keeping the moisture in the chicken while grilling and pepper will add to the aroma and bite.

Preparing the charcoal

A grilling temperature in the middle of 230° and 250°F, is optimal, to perform this, stack charcoal in a pile in the centre of grill. Douse with lighter fluid and let it soak in. Light and leave it alone until grey ash has covered all illustrated charcoal. Spread out charcoal into an even layer and when it has an even layer of ash approximately 1/2 the depth of a charcoal briquette you are ready to grill. The actual grill should be at about 4 or 5 inches above the coals.

Cooking

Slowly cook the chicken until internal temperature is approximately 170 degrees and then add a Bbq sauce of your choice. Cook for other 5 minutes to allow the sauce to stick to the chicken and then take off from the heat.

Bbq Chicken Recipe

Now, here's a great miniature recipe for "Honey Bbq Chicken", which you don't need to cook on the Bbq; it's especially great for those wintery days of the year to remind you of summer!

Ingredients:

• Chicken wings
• Seasoned salt
• Adobo
• Garlic salt
• Garlic powder
• Honey
• Bbq sauce
• Oil
• Salt and flour
• Grated Almonds

Put the oil in the frying pan and turn the stove to medium heat while you season your chicken.

Put a miniature bit of salt all over the chicken and let it stand for about 10 minutes; the salt opens the holes in the skin of the chicken and will allow the other seasonings to permeate.

Sprinkle enough, but not too much, of each listed seasoning over the chicken.

Put some flour inside a medium sized bowl and add a miniature bit of each of the seasonings (also sprinkle with some grated almonds). Make sure that there is adequate flour in the bowl to coat all the chicken pieces.

Check to make sure that the oil in the frying pan is hot and dip your chicken into the flour, face it all over, then transfer it into the frying pan.

Let the chicken cook in the oil until it is golden brown all over, then poke a fork through the chicken to see if it's cooked, there shouldn't be any pink coloured meat and the juices should run clear.

Mix the Bbq sauce and honey together in a medium-sized bowl.

Preheat the oven. Take the chicken out of the pan and put it into the Honey Bbq sauce, then put it in the oven on a baking pan for about 6-8 minutes. Then serve.

So there you have it... All you need to know about how to cook Bbq chicken, for summer or winter!

How to Cook Bbq Chicken

How to Cook Barbeque Ribs

Nothing says barbeque quite like a rack of ribs covered in finger licking good barbeque sauce. If prepared correctly there is nothing good than bbq ribs. But for many citizen barbequing ribs can be difficult because they need to be slow cooked to bring out the flavor and taste. Slow cooking ribs on a grill is an art form that can be hard to duplicate if you don't have the patience or know how to do it right. But never fear there are ways to take the guess work out of how to cook barbeque ribs.

First off let's look at the different types of ribs you can barbeque.

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o Pork Baby Back Ribs - Probably the most well known and easiest to cook. They are tender and can be cooked swiftly on the grill.

How to Cook Barbeque Ribs

o Pork Spare Ribs - These are bigger than baby back ribs and take quite a bit longer to cook.

o Beef Ribs - The largest of all ribs they take a necessary amount of time to cook, particularly if you want them to be tender as they are tougher than pork ribs. It is best to braise them before grilling

o Beef Short Ribs - Also need to be slow cooked to bring out the tenderness. Much like beef ribs.

The problem most citizen have when it comes to barbequing ribs is whether overcooking them, which leads to dry and tough ribs, or not cooking them long enough which can be a possible condition hazard. One would guess that that is why most of the time they get overcooked.

There are ways colse to this problem. You can pre-cook your ribs whether by boiling, steaming or slow cooking them in the oven before you put them on the grill. Make sure you pre-season your ribs before using these methods as this will help bring out the flavor in your ribs. Many citizen boil or steam their ribs with beer which not only adds flavor but also tenderizes the meat manufacture it fall off the bone. You can pre-cook your ribs from everywhere from 1 to 4 hours depending on which method you are using.

Once they have been pre-cooked just throw them on the grill for 5-10 minutes a side and brush on your favorite barbeque sauce. Before you know it you will have perfectly grilled ribs that are ready to eat.

How to Cook Barbeque Ribs